Curious about the Dota 2 coverage and attention in Southeast Asia and Malaysia?
We’ve got you covered.
The Around the World series is designed to explore Dota 2 in various regions across the globe.
It aims to highlight the individuality of each region’s history, current status, challenges, and progress.
Previously we explored Dota 2’s presence inSouth America,Korea,Japan,and theMENA region.
The next stop in our Around the World series is Malaysia.
However, an International championship title never quite panned out for them.
There are approximately 100 million esports viewers throughout Southeast Asia.
They leveraged that insight and announced a partnership with a global investment management organization Franklin Templeton.
That also leads to an active interest in esports tourism.
For SEA countries to boost their tourism economy, esports is a viable option to bring in visitors.
Right now a good number of SEA teams have already won international tournaments.
Every team has its own coaches, unlike before, where the players had to make every decision.
What does SEA need to do to get back up there as one of the strongest regions?
Mikoto:Find a good captain and maybe also a good coach.
Former pro player, Wong"ChuaN"Hock Chuan was the first (and only!)
Malaysian and Southeast Asian to ever take home the Aegis back in TI2.
Aside from that only Malaysian players that have ever come close to lifting TI once more.
This is not the first time that ESL DOTA 2 heads to Malaysia.
By all indications, Dota 2 is far from a ‘daed game’ in Southeast Asia and Malaysia.
It continues to grow and flourish.
